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REDS IMPOSE PEACE, U.S. CAPTURES ROCKET SCIENTISTS
ByNorm Haskett May 2, 2014 Reading Time: 5 minutes

SHAEF HQ, Versailles, France · May 2, 1945 On this date in 1945, a rain-sodden but peaceful day in Berlin, the battle for the war-ravaged Reich capital ended when General of the Artillery Helmuth Weidling surrendered his garrison to Soviet Lt. Gen. Vasily Chuikov. The Soviets claimed to have taken 480,000 POWs, captured 1,500 tanks and self-propelled…

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FIRST LIQUID-FUEL ROCKET LAUNCHED
ByNorm Haskett March 16, 2014 Reading Time: 5 minutes

Auburn, Massachusetts · March 16, 1926 On this date in 1926 in Auburn, Massachusetts, Dr. Robert Goddard (1882–1945) conducted his first successful rocket flight. His liquid-propellant rocket rose 41 ft, traveled 184 ft, and burned no more than 3 seconds, but it proved the concept of rocket flight worked. Goddard, who received limited support for his research and…

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